This is a very fun representation of how small our planet is compared to other known objects in space. You can move left and right, and I dare you not to be amazed:
As an artist, I am often asked how I find ideas for what to draw. The answer is that I draw what I love. I very much like reading about space and looking at the night sky, so that’s why I painted this:
Space is one of the two main things that I draw. The other is, of course, cats.
How skilled a designer do you have to be to make a drawing and sell it on a t-shirt?
Have a look at this ridiculous design that I made a few weeks ago:
The idea is key. I thought about a sly cat and drew the simplest version that I could think of:
Now for the text — this is always the difficult part. I try to choose something that adds a story to the design. Here, the cat hears an idea and likes it very much, even though it’s going to end up in trouble.
In March 2012, I quit my job. I had a three-month notice period, but my boss feared that a mistreated employee might sabotage the company, so he told me not to come to work anymore. Then an assistant accompanied me to the kitchen and watched closely while I retrieved my teacup, and that was that. They still had to pay me my salary, though, which was good because I didn’t have much money saved.
Long months of sitting in my room and drawing ensued. And I will write about that because I know how much we all love stories about grit and perseverance. But let’s skip it for now and let me show you how I’ve been earning money since then. Here is a list of 7 websites. To this day, I sell my art on all of them.
This is a tiny sampling of all the websites where you can sell art online, but for me, those were crucial.